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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शय्याśayyāA bed, couch; शय्या भूमि- तलम् Śānti.4.9; मही रम्या शय्या Bh.3.79; R.5.66.
[शी आधारे क्यप्]
1. A bed, couch; शय्या भूमि- तलम् Śānti.4.9; मही रम्या शय्या Bh.3.79; R.5.66.
2. Sleeping.
3. Tying, stringing together.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अध्यक्षः, -पालः the superintendent or guardian of a king's bed-chamber.
- -अन्तः a sleeping place; शय्यान्ते कुलमलिनां क्षणं विलीनम् Ki.7.31.
- -उत्थायम् Indeclinable early in the morning.
- -उत्सङ्गः the side of a bed.
- -गत
  
  Adjective
  
  lying in a bed.
  
  confined to a bed.
- -गृहम् a bedchamber; अथार्धरात्रे स्तिमितप्रदीपे शय्यागृहे सुप्तजने प्रबुद्धः R.16.4.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

शय्याśayyā[say-yâ] f. [√sî: to be lain on] couch. bed (ord. mg.); lying, resting, sleeping: -gri- ha, n. bed-chamber…

[say-yâ] feminine; also equal for [√sî: to be lain on] couch. bed (ordinary meaning); lying, resting, sleeping: -gri- ha, neuter bed-chamber; -pâlaka, masculine guardian of a (royal) bed: -tva, neuter office of guardian of the bed-chamber; - ͜ âvâsa-vesman, neuter, -vesman, neuter bed-chamber; - ͜ âsana-bhoga, masculine plural lying down, sitting, or eating; - ͜ ut thâyam, adverb, -ial, -ially on rising from one's couch, early in the morning; - ͜ utsaṅga, masculine surface of a couch.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शय्याśayyāf. (ifc. f(आ).) a bed, couch, sofa (acc. with सं-√विश् or अधि-ष्ठा [√स्था], "to go to bed or to rest"; with…
1. feminine (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) a bed, couch, sofa (accusative with सं-√विश् or अधि-ष्ठा [√स्था], "to go to bed or to rest"; with Causal of आ-√रुह्, "to take [a woman] to bed, have sexual intercourse with" [accusative]; शय्यायाम् आ-रूढ masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "gone to bed, lying in bed") Shad2vBr. etc.
2. feminine lying, reposing, sleeping Ka1tyS3r. Mn. MBh. etc.
3. feminine resort, refuge (see compound)
4. feminine stringing together (especially of words Equivalent to गुम्फन or शब्दगुम्फ), rhetorical composition or a particular rhetor. figure Lexicographers ("couch" and "rhetor. composition" Ka1d., Introduction, v. 8) .
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अधःशय्याadhaḥśayyāf. act of sleeping on the ground and on a peculiar couch.

feminine act of sleeping on the ground and on a peculiar couch.

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अन्तशय्याantaśayyāf. a bed or mat on the ground
1. feminine a bed or mat on the ground
2. feminine death
3. feminine the place for burial or burning
4. feminine bier Lexicographers
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अरिष्टशय्याariṣṭaśayyāf. a lying-in couch Ragh. iii, 15.

feminine a lying-in couch Ragh. iii, 15.

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उपरिशय्याupariśayyāf. id. A1p. Gobh.

feminine the same A1p. Gobh.

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गर्भशय्याgarbhaśayyāf. = -वसति, xii Sa1h. vi, 97 a/b Bhpr.

feminine Equivalent to -वसति, xii Sa1h. vi, 97 a/b Bhpr.

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जन्मशय्याjanmaśayyāf. the bed on which any one is born MBh. vi, 5820.

feminine the bed on which any one is born MBh. vi, 5820.

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जलशय्याjalaśayyāf. lying in water (kind of religious austerity) R. vii, 76, 17.

feminine lying in water (kind of religious austerity) R. vii, 76, 17.

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